Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The Banashankari police on Thursday booked an FIR against a private telecom company after a 28-year-old private firm employee injured due to snapped telecom cable on 19th B Cross,Padmanabhanagar,Bsk 2nd stage.
The victim,Vinayak S Patil,native of Jewargi in Kalaburagi was riding pillion with his friend Manjunatha Danasora to check the house on rent.
While they were passing Agrasena hospital,Manjunath noticed a suspended cable dangling in the middle of the road and applied sudden brake .
Due to the impact he lost control and the wire entangled Patil and he sustained bruises on the neck.Patil was later taken to a private hospital for treatment .
The duo called up BESCOM to complaint about the snapped wire dangling in the middle of the road dangerously who clarified that the wire did not belonging to them.
They later returned to the spot and examined the wire to confirm that it was a telecom wire from Reliance Jio company and complained to the police.
Based on the complaint the police have registered a case under section 337 (rash and or negligent act to endanger human life) for further investigations.
It may be recalled that the civic agencies have launched a drive to remove cables which are posing threat to the people,followed by tragic death of 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were electrocuted after they stepped on the snapped BESCOM wire while walking on the footpath near the Hope Farm junction in Whitefield on November 19 .
Taking cognizance the Lokayukta had taken suo motu case and directed the BESCOM and other civic agencies to remove the cables lying dangerously.
